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Commodity market

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Financial markets |

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* Public market * Exchange · Securities |

Bond market |

* Bond valuation * Corporate bond * Fixed income * Government bond * High-yield debt * Municipal bond *

Securitization |

Stock market |

* Common stock * Preferred stock * Registered share * Stock *

Stock certificate * Stock exchange |

Other markets |

Derivatives * (Credit derivative * Futures exchange * Hybrid security)Foreign exchange * (Currency * Exchange rate) * Commodity * Money * Real estate * Reinsurance |

Over-the-counter (off-exchange) |

* Forwards * Options * Spot market * Swaps |

Trading |

* Participants * Regulation * Clearing house |

Related areas |

* Banks and banking * Finance  * corporate * personal * public |

* v * t * e |

Chicago Board of Trade Futures market

A 'commodity market' is a market that trades in primary rather than manufactured products. Soft commodities are agricultural products such as wheat, coffee, cocoa and sugar. Hard commodities are mined, such as gold and oil.[1] Investors access about 50 major commodity markets worldwide with purely financial transactions increasingly outnumbering physical trades in which goods are delivered. Futures contracts are the oldest way of investing in commodities. Futures are secured by physical assets.[2] Commodity markets can include physical trading and derivatives trading using spot prices, forwards, futures, and options on futures. Farmers have used a simple form of derivative trading in the commodity market for centuries for price risk...